Network Configuration and Testing: IBC Case Study Report - Semester 1

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of network configuration and testing, focusing on the implementation of OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols within a case study scenario. The report begins with an introduction to the protocols, their benefits, and best practices, followed by a detailed design section. The implementation section covers basic configurations, enabling OSPF and EIGRP on relevant routers, and configuring redistribution between the protocols. The core of the report involves rigorous testing, with detailed test cases, expected results, and screenshots to validate the network setup. The report concludes with a summary of the findings and a bibliography of cited resources. The report successfully describes use of ospf and eigrp routing protocols. The report begins by describing the protocols, lists the benefits, mentions the best practices and discusses the configuration. Next testing is conducted through test cases with screenshots. After this the report comes to an end.

Running head: NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND TESTING
Network Configuration and Testing
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Design Section Task I................................................................................................................2
1. What is OSPF in your own words and reference............................................................2
2. What is EIGRP in your word and reference....................................................................2
Benefits of using OSPF......................................................................................................2
Benefits of using EIGRP....................................................................................................3
Show why is these protocols are chosen and are feasible to use.......................................3
Best practice for OSPF.......................................................................................................3
Best practice for EIGRP.....................................................................................................4
Task 2 Implementation...............................................................................................................4
Basic Configuration...............................................................................................................4
Tasks 2 Enable OSPF on Relevant Routers...........................................................................7
Tasks 2 Configure Redistribution..........................................................................................8
Task 3 Testing........................................................................................................................9
Conclusion................................................................................................................................36
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................37

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Introduction
The task includes use of ospf and eigrp routing protocols. The report begins by
describing the protocols, lists the benefits, mentions the best practices and discusses the
configuration. Next testing is conducted through test cases with screenshots. After this the
report ends with conclusions.
Design Section Task I
1. What is OSPF in your own words and reference
OSPF stands for Open Shortest Path First and is a routing protocol for Internet Protocol
(IP) networks. This routing method makes use of LSR or Link State Routing algorithm that
corresponds to the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and operates through a single
autonomous system (AS). The OSPF routing method supports Classless Inter-Domain
Routing (CIDR) model of IP addressing.
2. What is EIGRP in your word and reference
Benefits of using OSPF
OSPF is a true route-free loop routing protocol which is made possible thanks to the
efficiency of the algorithm used.
OSPF Fast Convergence: It is made possible to transmit the changes to the overall automated
system in shortest possible time.
In this routing the autonomous system gets divided to multiple regions, the routing
information summary can be adopted and that results in reduction of the amount of network
transmission
The routing uses multicast addresses instead of a broadcast address in the broadcast networks
to reduce interference of other network devices.

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Different network types can be accessed in multiple times through broadcast and NBMA by
election of DR and number of route exchanges.
OSPF offers interface-based plaintext and MD5 authentication.
Benefits of using EIGRP
Convergence of EIGRP is observed at fast and rapid response times for network topology
changes.
EIGRP makes more effective use of links through Equal Cost Multi Path or ECMP and
unequal cost load sharing techniques.
Easier transition is performed by means of multi-address family.
Both IPv4 and IPv6 network connections are supported by the routing method.
Network traffic gets reduced by EIGRP via use of need based updates
Show why is these protocols are chosen and are feasible to use
Both the routing methods EIGRP and OSPF are interior routing protocols that help
organizations like International Banking Corp (IBC) to appropriately configure the different
segments of their network. Additionally the routing protocols help in choosing best routes for
data transfer between routers and offers better performance than say RIP routing.
Best practice for OSPF
The best practices for configuring OSPF routing involves the following:
Setting Router IDs
Accurate defining of networks
Default configuration of passive interfaces
Use of different OSPF authentication for every neighbour

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Ensuring redistribution of route maps and static routes
Best practice for EIGRP
Use of different AS number than what is being used on IGP
Use of stub routing concept offered by EIGRP
Configuring appropriate IP addressing scheme and summarizing of networks
Use of on-demand libraries provided by vendors like Cisco
Task 2 Implementation
Basic Configuration
The configuration of routers of IBC involves specifying the IP addresses on all the
respective interfaces being used. Then the networks used by these interfaces need to be added
to the routing protocol being applied EIGRP or OSPF. The serial interface IP addresses of
two routers must be specified interchangeably as the remote interface for BGP configuration
on a specific router.
The IP addresses must be specified in order to uniquely identify the router interface in
the network. After that the networks in use need to be added to the routing protocol to ensure
connectivity throughout the network segment. BGP neighbour interfaces need to be
configured to ensure working of the Border Gateway Protocol.
These configurations are applied by entering specific commands in the CLI terminal of the
router. Some of the commands are as follows:
#R8
int s0/2/0

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ip address 10.10.48.2 255.255.255.0
router eigrp 150
network 10.10.48.0 255.255.255.0
#R4
int s0/2/0
ip address 10.10.48.1 255.255.255.0
router eigrp 150
network 10.10.48.0 area 0
Initial configuration of IBC with the interface links of routers marked red representing they
are down.
Interface links of routers after configuration are green, representing they are up.

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Hostnames of routers are changed as per name of the router.

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IP addresses on specific interfaces as shown in IBC network diagram provided are configured
appropriately.
Tasks 2 Enable OSPF on Relevant Routers
To configure OSPF on relevant routers the ospf routing number needs to be specified
followed by adding of the respective networks to the ospf routing while also specifying the
area.
This is performed to create internal network configuration for specific segments of the
IBC network. This will prevent network traffic overhead on a particular routing technique if
commonly applied for all network segments and ensure network security.
The ospf routing can be applied by entering specific commands in the terminal window like

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router ospf 10
network 10.10.34.0 255.255.255.0 area 0
network 10.10.35.0 255.255.255.0 area 0
network 10.10.45.0 255.255.255.0 area 0
Tasks 2 Configure Redistribution
The EIGRP redistribute configuration needs to be made on routers R8 and R4 as the former
uses EIGRP internal routing while the latter uses OSPF internal routing.
This can be done by entering specific command in the CLI terminal of the routers like the
following:
router ospf 10
redistribute eigrp 150 metric 1544 metric-type 1

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Task 3 Testing
ITA – CASE STUDY 1 TEST PLAN.
Test ID – Task 1A
TEST ITEM – Configurations made to all
interfaces on routers R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6,
R7 and R8.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R1.
Line protocol, status of serial
interfaces 0/0/0, 0/2/0 and
Loopback interfaces will be
manually set to up.
Pass

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R2.
Line protocol, status of serial
interface 0/2/0 and Loopback
interfaces will be manually
set to up.
Pass

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R3.
Line protocol, status of serial
interface 0/2/0 and Loopback
interfaces will be manually
set to up.

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R4.
Line protocol, status of serial
interface 0/2/0 and Loopback
interfaces will be manually
set to up.
Pass

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R5.
Line protocol, status of serial
interface 0/2/0 and Loopback
interfaces will be manually
set to up.
Pass

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R6.
Line protocol, status of serial
interfaces 0/0/0, 0/2/0 and
Loopback interfaces will be
manually set to up.
Pass

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R7.
Line protocol, status of serial
interface 0/2/0 and Loopback
interfaces will be manually
set to up.
Pass

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Sh ip int brief
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R8.
Line protocol, status of serial
interface 0/2/0 and Loopback
interfaces will be manually
set to up.
Pass

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Test ID – Task 2 TEST ITEM – Protocol Configurations made
on routers R4 and R8.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
Sh protocols
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R4.
Line protocol, status of serial
interfaces 0/2/0 and
Loopback interfaces and fast
Ethernet interfaces will be
up.
Pass

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Sh ip eigrp interfaces
List of interface
numbers with
configurations of
R8.
Line protocol, status of serial
interfaces 0/2/0 and
Loopback interfaces and fast
Ethernet interfaces will be
up.
Pass

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Test ID – Task 3 TEST ITEM – Protocol Configurations made
on routers R4 and R8.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
sh ip route List of screenshots
showing ip route
from routers R2-R1
Respective serial and fast
Ethernet interfaces
connecting the particular
routers should be up.
Pass

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sh ip route
List of screenshots
showing ip route
from routers R2-
R1-R3
Respective serial and fast
Ethernet interfaces
connecting the particular
routers should be up.
Pass

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sh ip route
List of screenshots
showing ip route
from routers R1-
R3-R5
Respective fast Ethernet
interfaces connecting the
particular routers should be
up.
Pass

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sh ip route
List of screenshots
showing ip route
from routers R3-
R5-R6
Respective fast Ethernet
interface and serial port
connecting the particular
routers should be up.
Pass

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sh ip route
List of screenshots
showing ip route
from routers R5-
R6-R7
Respective fast Ethernet
interface and serial port
connecting the particular
routers should be up.
Pass

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sh ip route List of screenshots
showing ip route
from routers R7-R6
Respective fast Ethernet
interface and serial port
connecting the particular
routers should be up.
Pass

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Test ID – Task 4A TEST ITEM – Verify OSPF Configurations on
R4.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
show ip ospf interface List of interfaces on
router R4 with
OSPF configuration
All interfaces connected
through OSPF routing along
with IP addresses and
network details wil be shown
Pass

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show ip protocols
List of protocols
applied on R4 the
IP address of
associated hosts
IP Address of hosts
connected through OSPF
routing redistribution with
EIGRP on network with
router R8 should be shown
Pass

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Test ID – Task 4B TEST ITEM – Verify OSPF Configurations on
R3 and R5.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
show protocols List the interfaces
with line protocol
up
All fast Ethernet and serial
interfaces connected through
OSPF routing along with IP
addresses should be up as
also the line protocol
Pass

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Test ID – Task 6 TEST ITEM – Verify OSPF Redistribution
into EIGRP on R4.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
show ip protocols
Show redistribution
of external routes
from router of
EIGRP 150
Redistribution from external
EIGRP 150 network with
routing for should be shown
with router ID and boundary
router type.
Pass
show ip route
List the interfaces
with direct
connections and
OSPF routing
All subnet interfaces with
type of network connections
and routing should be shown
Pass

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show run
To show OSPF
configuration
section of R4 and
the routing works.
The OSPF section of
information from sh run
command should display
working configuration of
OSPF
Pass

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Test ID – Task 7 TEST ITEM – Verify EIGRP Redistribution
into OSPF on R4.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
show protocol Show all respective
interfaces and line
protocol are up
Fast Ethernet, Serial and
Loopback interfaces with
line protocol should be up
Pass

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show ip route
List the interfaces
with direct
connections and
interface
connection with R8
The type of connections of
all interfaces include the one
to connect R8 should be
shown
Pass

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show run To show EIGRP
configuration
section of R4 and
the routing works.
Show the configuration
made to redistribute EIGRP
onto OSPF on R4
Pass

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Test ID – Task 7 TEST ITEM – Verify Default Routeinto OSPF
from R1.
Approach (Commands
Used). Purpose Expected Results Item Pass/Fail
show run Show Default route
from router R1 into
OSPF
The ospf number, network
and ospf area of R1 should
be appropriately configured
Pass

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Traceroute IP address Show Default route
from router R1 into
OSPF
The ospf number, network
and ospf area of R1 should
be appropriately configured
Pass

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Conclusion
To conclude, the task successfully describes use of ospf and eigrp routing protocols.
The report begins by describing the protocols, lists the benefits, mentions the best practices
and discusses the configuration. Next testing is conducted through test cases with
screenshots. After this the report comes to an end.

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